Las Vegas the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching than ever imagined. The Money and the Poweris the most comprehensive look yet at Las Vegas and its breadth of influence.Based on five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris reveal the city s historic network of links to Wall Street, international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, they expose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen, and the criminals that harness...
Las Vegas the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-...
In the mid-Victorian period, when British international influence and power were at their height, concerns about local economic and social conditions were only slowly coming to be recognised as part of the obligations and expectations of central government.
Adopting a legal history perspective, this study reveals how municipal authorities of this period had few public law powers to regulate local conditions, or to provide services, and thus the more enterprising went direct to Parliament to obtain
at a price the passing specific local Bills to address their needs....
In the mid-Victorian period, when British international influence and power were at their height, concerns about local economic and social conditio...
